To Josiah Wedgwood III 18 February 1853
Summary
Sends his written consent regarding custody of the deeds of the Owen mortgage. Other financial matters.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1853 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1503 |
To W. E. Darwin 1 March [1853]
Summary
Discusses WED’s affairs and events at Down.
Writes of the benefits of reading.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar [1853] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1639 |
To W. E. Darwin 20 May [1881]
Summary
Discusses his investments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 20 May [1881] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.590) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13167 |
From Francis Darwin [6 July 1879]
Summary
Describes bean experiments. Will tell Emma Darwin to tell Elizabeth Darwin that he has written to the Riffel.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [6 July 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12296F |
To G. H. K. Thwaites 19 May [1868]
Summary
GHKT should not take more trouble about human expression. Discusses contraction of orbicular muscles in elephants.
Asks about colour of first plumage of breeds of Ceylon fowls in which hens alone are coloured.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 19 May [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.342) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6184 |
To F. J. Cohn 8 August 1877
Summary
Asks permission to publish comments by FJC regarding paper by Francis Darwin [see 11073].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
| Date: | 8 Aug 1877 |
| Classmark: | Michael Silverman (dealer) (2003); DAR 143: 267 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11095 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1853 ) and ‘Ueber Pilzkeimungen’ (On mushroom germination; Hoffmann 1859 ) has been found. Agaricus muscarius is a synonym of Amanita muscaria , the fly agaric mushroom. Francis Darwin moved back into Down House after the death of his wife, Amy, in September 1876 (see Correspondence vol. 24, letter to W. E. …
To J. D. Hooker 19 June [1861]
Summary
CD’s changing taste in periodical literature.
William Darwin’s partnership in bank.
Work: variation and orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 19 June [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3190 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … W. E. Darwin, [3 May 1858] ). CD refers to the Genera plantarum that Hooker and Bentham were preparing (Bentham and Hooker 1862 –83). The work contains, in addition to a description of the diagnostic characters distinguishing each genus, a conspectus of the striking characters of each natural order (see Green 1914 , pp. 500–2). The third edition of John Lindley’s Vegetable kingdom was published in 1853. …
From E. A. Darwin 26 April 1853
Summary
Acknowledges the receipt of some securities.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr 1853 |
| Classmark: | DAR 262.11: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1516 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood II on the marriage of CD and Emma in 1839 are given in Correspondence vol. 2, letter from Josiah Wedgwood II and Emma Wedgwood to R. W. Darwin, 15 November 1838 , n. 1. In CD’s Investment book (Down House MS) the Edward Muckleston mortgage, the Owen mortgage, and the Maryport and Carlisle Railway shares are listed under ‘Emma’ s trust property’. The Newcastle and Carlisle preference shares are listed as CD’s property, but on 1 May 1853 they were transferred to E. …
To Asa Gray [3–]4 September [1862]
Summary
Glad AG will publish some separate notes on orchids ["Fertilization of orchids through the agency of insects", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 420–9].
Trimorphism in Lythrum.
Bee behaviour.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | [3–]4 Sept [1862] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (68) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3710 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1853 , pp. 574–5. Although CD’s copy of John Lindley’s Vegetable kingdom has not been found, this is the edition of the work listed in CD’s Library catalogue (DAR 240), and frequently referred to in Orchids. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [August 1862] and n. 14. See letter to John Lubbock, [3 September 1862] , and letter to W. E. Darwin, [ …
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